Effect of ply thickness and fibre orientation on delamination initiation in broken ply composite laminates

Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 735-758

  Chakraborty, Debabrata ^a   Pradhan, B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; RESINS; STRAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAILURE PREDICTION ANALYSIS; FIBRE ORIENTATION; INTERFACIAL RESIN; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; QUADRATIC STRESS CRITERION; STRAIN ENERGY RELEASE RATE;

LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

EID: 0032686971     PISSN: 07316844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/073168449901800804     Document Type: Article

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